Rare earth elements and critical metal content of extracted landfilled material and potential recovery opportunities

Waste Management

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 128-136

  Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, Silvia C ^a   Coulon, Frédéric ^a   Jiang, Ying ^a   Wagland, Stuart ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Landfill mining; Metal recovery; Rare earth elements; Waste characterisation

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; IRIDIUM ALLOYS; LAND FILL; METALS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORE TREATMENT; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; RECOVERY;

ECONOMIC VIABILITY; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; LANDFILL MINING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); PLATINUM GROUP METALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REES); SUPPLY SHORTAGES; WASTE CHARACTERISATION;

METAL RECOVERY;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; CERIUM; COBALT; COPPER; INDIUM; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LANTHANIDE; LANTHANUM; LITHIUM; NEODYMIUM; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PRASEODYMIUM; SAMARIUM; SCANDIUM; METAL; SOIL;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LANDFILL; MINING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL METAL CONTENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; LANDFILL; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; CHEMISTRY; GREAT BRITAIN; RECYCLING; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; METALS; METALS, RARE EARTH; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84983156689     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.04.024     Document Type: Article

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